Jason Recker

Let’s just say the third base coach sent the runners and we were comfortable be they safe or out at home. Now we brace ourselves for the most daunting task: which of our already-born three children to sell before the next edition arrives in late January.

For months bridging St. Patrick’s Day and back to school, I coach and my daughters play and watch and learn and enjoy softball and baseball more than I ever imagined they might. But summer, too, is where a man without a father wonders what could have been.